Not many legal disputes capture the imagination of Malaysians like a good and scintillating food feud. We are referring to none other than the CHATIME bubble tea tug-of-war that has played out in the media extensively in the last six months.
The rise of CHATIME as a global franchise teahouse chain ... Read More
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The Malaysian Intellectual Property Association (MIPA) has long played a role in the development and advancement of intellectual property in Malaysia.
Through its constant consultation with the Malaysian Intellectual Property Office (MyIPO), many a rough edge encountered in patent, trademark, industrial design and copyright practices have been smoothened over the ... Read More
Copyright law in Malaysia is governed by the Copyright Act 1987. Under the Act and pursuant to the Berne Convention, copyright exists automatically upon the creation of a work without the need for any formal registration. In the absence of this, the Act now provides for a voluntary notification exercise ... Read More
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The option to request supplementary examination as an alternative to substantive examination was introduced into Singapore patents prosecution system on 14 January 2014. It is a cost effective way to obtain grant of a patent application by relying on the final results of search and examination of a foreign route ... Read More
The Federal Court’s decision in SKB Shutters Manufacturing Sdn Bhd v Seng Kong Shutter Industries Sdn Bhd & Anor (“SKB Shutters”) has been widely reported and commented on. Briefly, the Federal Court decided that if an independent claim of a patent was established as invalid in the course of litigation, ... Read More